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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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